A corpse and someone in nirodha-samāpatti are seen as being similar, hence why it is asked what the difference is. For someone in nirodha-samāpatti, the mind has been turned off. Since perception & feeling are bound up with conciousness, when they cease so does conciousness. Nirodha-samāpatti i...

Looking for insight from this community. Today, I sat in silence and watched my thoughts for an hour. This was the first time I’ve really done it for that long. Let me tell you, it was eye opening. I understand why they say we have 6,000 thoughts per day. It was non stop. And I normally won’t notic...

Because ultimately, it is about attachment. Right view is a tool on the path for letting go of attachments, so is Right effort, so are the jhanas, so is paññā itself. Having right view doesn't immediately mean the individual has completely let go of this life. There are many things that can bother a...

It's really about following pleasure. Thus the Buddha's advice is to replace one lowly pleasure with a higher one. A few things that may work in your favour: Gradual reduction 1. Do a gradual reduction. If you watch it multiple times per day, limit yourself to once per day. If you indulge daily, lim...

You know other Indic religions, for example, Jainism thinks that Mahavira attained enlightenment and only his method is true, not other etc. But then Buddhism comes and the Buddha told that his, Mahavira's or other teacher's achievements, is not final enlightenment etc. I mean the Buddha didn't tal...

If we don't talk about mastering it - Path moments are nirodha. The first cognizable Nirodha is into stream. I remember there was a discussion on how to exhaust 'Sabba' on the 3marks. Emerging from Nirodha signifies Sabba, no exception. Thus one of the reward for first nirodha is conviction of Budd...

I came across the Gavi sutta, apparently the non-arahant (not sure about non-anagamis) can enter it. Here's the link: https://suttacentral.net/an9.35/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin They think, ‘Why don’t I, going totally beyond the d...

Great! Thanks so much. If anyone is interested, please feel free to contribute to this list.

Hi all, does anyone know where I can find a list of sotapannas (either confirmed or implied, ordained or lay) in the Pali canon?
It will be very interesting to examine their behaviour and knowledge.

Thanks all

There is one more type of person. an outsider who is free of sensual desire. He/she also is free from fear, but it is through suppression of samadhi. This type of person can be found in buddhism and outside buddhism now. They also reach samadhi, but it is micca samadhi and not samma samadhi. Usuall...

I think only Atthakatha translated by Acariya Buddhaghosa from Sinhalese back to Pali are considered the official ones. Thank you, Ontheway :namaste: http://theravadaarticles.weebly.com/the-significance-of-the-exegetical-tradition.html Just sharing. A good article about Atthakatha. Thanks for the i...

Thank you all, you are amazing indeed. Is there a list of "official" commentaries either recognised scholarly or traditionally? I reckon those by Buddhaghosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atthakatha are considered the official ones? And then we have the loose ones by other authors. Then c...

Thank you all, you are amazing indeed. Is there a list of "official" commentaries either recognised scholarly or traditionally? I reckon those by Buddhaghosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atthakatha are considered the official ones? And then we have the loose ones by other authors. Then co...

Does anyone know if the commentaries and sub-commentaries have been complied in a consistent form (much like the pali canon)? Or are these loose collections scattered here and there, having yet to be consolidated for the modern reader? If anyone can point me to the comms and the sub-comms, i'll be r...

The style of language is different from other Nikayas. It seems like it is from an older setting without certain familiar standardisations. A passage in it has helped me understand what is name and form in DO in a dynamic manner, and another sutta why form appear on its own without other aggregates...